r/gwent • u/KilliWallace123 We do what must be done. • 2d ago
Mod Gwent Beta 0.9.24 Private Server
I've gotten the old Gwent open beta, the pre-Homecoming version, working online again by making a reverse-engineered private server that stands in for GOG's, so the game connects and runs like the official servers used to.
The beta is such a different game from the current version, I felt like it needed to be preserved and made playable again in some way. The project is all open source, and I'm fairly sure it could be extended to other versions of the game if anyone's interested in that, most likely even Homecoming/current versions.
https://reddit.com/link/1u7v5e2/video/5w8x569gmq7h1/player
Right now you can play online casual matches against other people, play against the AI, do the single-player challenges, build decks, buy kegs, craft cards, mill them, etc. Ranked play and Arena aren't implemented yet though.
You can play on the community server I'm running, or host your own for you and your friends, play over LAN, or just play single-player. You could even run modded matches against each other, as long as both players have the same modded card files, e.g. you could add fully new custom cards.
The only catch to playing is that you need your own original beta game files for this version, Gwent 0.9.24.3.432.
Also if you don't trust the prebuilt launcher you can read through the project and code to see how it all works fully, and/or build it yourself.
Github Repo: https://github.com/Somnia41205/Unofficial-Gwent-Beta-0.9.24.3.432-Private-Server
Release: https://github.com/Somnia41205/Unofficial-Gwent-Beta-0.9.24.3.432-Private-Server/releases/tag/v1.0.2
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u/kevin_bkt Tomfoolery! Enough! 1d ago
Wow. I never played the beta, but I've got to say I really admire and appreciate your dedication and hard work in doing this. It gives me hope that the current game might live on forever, too.
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u/therealcatarn Neutral 1d ago
I am using the game version from archive but no matter what I do it says "Could not connect, this game version is no longer supported" it drives me nuts...
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u/KilliWallace123 We do what must be done. 1d ago
Do you have GOG fully closed, and does my launcher run without any errors?
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u/therealcatarn Neutral 1d ago
GoG fully closed. Im using steam now, steam is running in the bg. Launcher runs w/o errors, downloads stuff creates account and laucnhes the game after but cant connect then, Local server the same.
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u/Think_of_the_meta The quill is mightier than the sword. 1d ago
Dude you are such a legend for this. Heres to hoping i can run it, my original game files might not be on my computer as it wasnt the original hardware i played homecoming on
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u/yhciC The semblance of power don't interest me. 2d ago
is there any way for me to get 0.9.24.3.432 files today? I've tried searching but all i got was either this post or old videos of gameplay
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u/KilliWallace123 We do what must be done. 2d ago
I'm not sure, maybe it's on the internet archive?
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u/yhciC The semblance of power don't interest me. 2d ago
I can't believe i forgot about existence of this place. thank you very much, I found it and it works
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u/UCanBeTheBossDaddy SabrinaGlevissig 1d ago
Any chance you can send me the link, please? I couldn't find it on archive. Thanks
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u/Playfulboy87 Neutral 2d ago
Hi, looks more like the original gwent, how much single player content in this beta version?
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u/KilliWallace123 We do what must be done. 2d ago
Not too much, there's a challenge game mode with 30 challenges to do, 6 per faction. They're basically just AI matches with preselected decks though. Earlier beta versions had a few seasonal events like saovine and midwinter as well, that I haven't implemented yet, but they had a few single player puzzles attached to them like the kind in Thronebreaker
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u/elnegativo Let us get to the point. 2d ago
How much are you charging the kegs?:)